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Update from the Wüstebach deforestation experiment

The TERENO deforestation experiment in the catchment area of the Wüstebach in the Eifel National Park has the aim of comprehensively investigating the hydrological effects of such a disturbance on the forest ecosystem.

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Geoverbund

Geoverbund ABC/J is the geoscientific network in the research region of Aachen–Bonn–Cologne/Jülich. The geoscientific institutes of RWTH Aachen University, the University of Bonn, the University of Cologne, and Forschungszentrum Jülich collaborate under its umbrella.More: Geoverbund …

BioSC

Bioeconomy Science Center (BioSC) is the competence cluster in integrated bioeconomy research of the Universities of Aachen, Bonn, Düsseldorf and the Forschungszentrum (56 core groups from many disciplines).
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HPSC-TerSys

The centre of excellence High-Performance Scientific Computing in Terrestrial Systems was founded in 2011. In close cooperation with the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, it provides geoscientists in the ABC/J region with support for their research activities with supercomputers.
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ISMC

The International Soil Modeling Consortium is a community effort to integrate and advance soil systems modeling.
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ICOS

ICOS RI is an organisation of eleven member countries and over 100 greenhouse gases measuring stations aimed at quantifying and understanding the greenhouse gas balance of Europe and neighbouring regions.
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Tereno

TERENO is a network of four terrestrial observatories in Germany for long-term environmental observation (> 15 years).
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TR32

TR32 investigates the origins of and the interrelations between spatial and temporal patterns of each single component within the soil-vegetation-atmosphere system using innovative monitoring and modelling approaches.
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MOSES

MOSES comprises highly flexible observation modules operated by the Helmholtz Centres in the research field "Earth and Environment" to investigate the interactions of short-term events and long-term trends across Earth compartments.
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BONARES

BonaRes (“Soil as a sustainable resource for the bioeconomy”) is a funding initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) with focus on the sustainable use of soils as a limited resource.
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